The chance of earthquake damage in 67638 Zip Code is about the same as Kansas average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in 67638 Zip Code is lower than Kansas average and is higher than the national average.

The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.

The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.

The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.

Other Weather Extremes Events

A total of 2,962 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of 67638 Zip Code were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:

Type

Count

Type

Count

Type

Count

Type

Count

Type

Count

Avalanche:

0

Blizzard:

12

Cold:

23

Dense Fog:

0

Drought:

10

Dust Storm:

0

Flood:

91

Hail:

1,803

Heat:

0

Heavy Snow:

21

High Surf:

0

Hurricane:

0

Ice Storm:

8

Landslide:

0

Strong Wind:

40

Thunderstorm Winds:

795

Tropical Storm:

0

Wildfire:

0

Winter Storm:

79

Winter Weather:

14

Other:

66

Volcanos Nearby

No volcano is found in or near 67638 Zip Code.

Historical Earthquake Events

No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near 67638 Zip Code.

No historical earthquake events found in or near 67638 Zip Code.

Historical Tornado Events

A total of 58 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near 67638 Zip Code.

Distance (miles)

Date

Magnitude

Start Lat/Log

End Lat/Log

Length

Width

Fatalities

Injuries

Property Damage

Crop Damage

Affected County

7.8

1959-05-20

2

39°36'N / 99°00'W

0

0

0K

0

Smith

10.7

1965-05-25

2

39°45'N / 98°57'W

0

1

25K

0

Smith

11.0

1963-06-11

2

39°46'N / 98°55'W

1.00 Mile

20 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Smith

11.3

1957-06-15

3

39°46'N / 98°56'W

2.00 Miles

33 Yards

0

0

2.5M

0

Smith

14.6

1954-03-11

2

39°27'N / 98°41'W

0

0

3K

0

Osborne

15.1

1971-05-30

2

39°46'N / 98°46'W

39°51'N / 98°41'W

7.10 Miles

220 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Smith

15.7

1957-06-15

3

39°42'N / 99°04'W

39°54'N / 98°59'W

14.30 Miles

33 Yards

0

0

2.5M

0

Smith

16.6

1973-03-13

2

39°35'N / 98°35'W

39°50'N / 98°33'W

17.20 Miles

220 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Smith

16.7

2007-05-05

2

39°23'N / 98°42'W

39°28'N / 98°37'W

8.00 Miles

75 Yards

0

11

150K

50K

Osborne

Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A tornado sat down south of Osborne and moved north into town. The twister destroyed 2 mobile homes, damaged roofs, fences, cars and windows, and damaged 2 restaurants. The Pizza Hut sustained minor damage and several employees??? car windows were blown out. Across the road, the Circle Inn lost a large part of their roof, a couple of outside walls, and substantial damage happened to the interior portion of the restaurant. A couple of semi-trailers were blown around and one ended up on top of another car. Eleven people were injured, none seriously, and were treated at the Osborne County Memorial Hospital. The Osborne County Sheriff's office reported the most severe injury was a broken arm. (sources: Osborne County Farmer newspaper, Osborne County Sheriff's office, and the Osborne County Emergency Management Agency). EPISODE NARRATIVE: Thunderstorms rumbled across northern Kansas. A few became severe in the early evening hours. One produced a tornado in Osborne. This tornado damaged homes and two restaurants in town. Other storms in Mitchell and Jewell Counties produced hail to the size of quarters.

17.6

1973-09-25

2

39°44'N / 98°58'W

39°59'N / 98°33'W

27.90 Miles

80 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Smith

20.6

1985-05-10

4

39°44'N / 99°09'W

39°56'N / 99°05'W

11.00 Miles

1000 Yards

0

1

2.5M

0

Phillips

21.9

1973-04-19

2

39°52'N / 99°02'W

39°56'N / 99°02'W

4.60 Miles

100 Yards

0

0

3K

0

Smith

25.1

1964-06-12

2

39°30'N / 98°26'W

39°32'N / 98°22'W

4.10 Miles

200 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Mitchell

25.4

1968-05-13

3

39°13'N / 99°02'W

39°17'N / 98°48'W

13.10 Miles

320 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Osborne

25.8

1992-06-15

2

39°23'N / 98°28'W

39°26'N / 98°26'W

3.50 Miles

100 Yards

0

0

250K

0

Mitchell

26.3

1985-05-10

4

39°56'N / 99°05'W

40°00'N / 99°00'W

10.00 Miles

1000 Yards

0

0

2.5M

0

Smith

26.7

1950-05-08

2

39°14'N / 98°57'W

39°14'N / 98°35'W

19.60 Miles

440 Yards

0

2

25K

0

Osborne

27.4

1952-06-26

2

39°41'N / 99°27'W

39°46'N / 99°15'W

12.00 Miles

33 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Phillips

27.9

1991-04-11

3

39°26'N / 99°25'W

39°32'N / 99°17'W

6.00 Miles

400 Yards

0

1

2.5M

0

Rooks

28.5

1950-05-08

2

39°21'N / 98°29'W

39°28'N / 98°18'W

12.60 Miles

660 Yards

0

0

250K

0

Mitchell

28.6

1992-06-15

2

39°24'N / 98°24'W

39°26'N / 98°22'W

3.00 Miles

100 Yards

0

0

250K

0

Mitchell

29.2

1971-05-30

2

39°50'N / 98°23'W

1.50 Miles

200 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Jewell

31.4

1985-05-10

3

39°11'N / 99°31'W

39°28'N / 99°06'W

30.00 Miles

300 Yards

0

0

2.5M

0

Rooks

31.4

1985-05-10

4

39°25'N / 99°24'W

39°30'N / 99°25'W

5.00 Miles

1000 Yards

0

0

2.5M

0

Rooks

31.6

2008-05-29

2

39°28'N / 98°19'W

39°34'N / 98°14'W

8.00 Miles

2000 Yards

0

0

500K

500K

Mitchell

Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This tornado started near Glen Elder Dam in Mitchell County and moved northeast. It crossed into Jewell County about 4 miles west of Highway 14. Eye witness accounts stated that this tornado combined near the dam with a tornado that had formed to the southwest in Osborne County. Just to the east of the dam, the tornado damaged several outbuildings at a farmstead and uprooted many trees. Power lines and trees were snapped off when the twister crossed US Highway 24 to the east of the town of Glen Elder. Large power poles were broken and another farmstead sustained extensive damage just before the tornado moved into Jewell County. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A significant severe weather outbreak occurred during the afternoon and evening of May 29th. Several tornadoes were reported from south of Palco in Rooks County to community of Jewell in Jewell County. On tornado inflected significant damage to the community of Jewell, including destroying the town???s caf?? and water tower. Several homes in rural areas of Mitchell and Jewell Counties were damaged or destroyed. The town of Woodston in eastern Rooks County also had a twister move through the community; luckily damage was not as severe. All together eight tornadoes occurred in this part of north-central Kansas and no critical injuries were reported. Other areas of north-central Kansas also saw hail and heavy rains from the storms. An area between Webster Lake and Stockton in Rooks County had hail up to the size of baseballs. The hail damaged windows and siding of homes along the storms path. In addition to the tornadoes, hail and wind, thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain across the Solomon River valleys. This resulted in some flooding of rural roads and area creeks and rivers.

32.2

1950-05-08

2

39°34'N / 98°18'W

39°38'N / 98°12'W

6.80 Miles

33 Yards

0

1

25K

0

Jewell

32.6

1985-05-10

4

39°30'N / 99°25'W

39°57'N / 99°29'W

28.00 Miles

1000 Yards

0

0

2.5M

0

Phillips

32.9

1960-05-24

2

39°26'N / 98°17'W

0

0

0K

0

Mitchell

33.0

1985-05-10

4

40°00'N / 99°00'W

40°11'N / 98°43'W

18.00 Miles

200 Yards

0

1

2.5M

0

Franklin

34.1

1992-06-15

2

39°20'N / 98°20'W

39°24'N / 98°16'W

4.00 Miles

100 Yards

0

0

250K

0

Mitchell

34.6

1972-07-27

2

39°15'N / 99°18'W

0.50 Mile

100 Yards

0

1

25K

0

Rooks

34.8

1973-03-13

2

39°14'N / 99°17'W

1.00 Mile

50 Yards

0

0

250K

0

Rooks

35.0

1968-05-13

3

39°08'N / 99°20'W

39°13'N / 99°02'W

16.90 Miles

320 Yards

0

1

25K

0

Rooks

35.3

1986-09-18

2

40°06'N / 98°39'W

2.00 Miles

50 Yards

0

0

250K

0

Webster

35.6

1956-10-29

3

39°13'N / 98°25'W

39°14'N / 98°25'W

1.10 Miles

200 Yards

0

0

250K

0

Mitchell

36.2

2008-05-29

3

39°34'N / 98°14'W

39°42'N / 98°07'W

11.00 Miles

2000 Yards

0

0

5.0M

1.0M

Jewell

Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This tornado moved out of Mitchell County and into Jewell County about 4 miles west of Highway 14. As the tornado moved northeast and was southwest of the town of Jewell, it hit three farmsteads and severely damaged the homes and outbuildings at these locations. One of the homes was completely destroyed and other had a machine shed also destroyed. Trees and power poles and lines were also damaged along its path. The tornado entered the southwest side of community of Jewell and moved across the west side of town. Several homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. The Jewell Caf?? and the Bourbon Trucking Company were destroyed. The town???s water tower was also blown down by the tornado. The tornado lifted about two miles northeast of town. Luckily no injuries were reported. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A significant severe weather outbreak occurred during the afternoon and evening of May 29th. Several tornadoes were reported from south of Palco in Rooks County to community of Jewell in Jewell County. On tornado inflected significant damage to the community of Jewell, including destroying the town???s caf?? and water tower. Several homes in rural areas of Mitchell and Jewell Counties were damaged or destroyed. The town of Woodston in eastern Rooks County also had a twister move through the community; luckily damage was not as severe. All together eight tornadoes occurred in this part of north-central Kansas and no critical injuries were reported. Other areas of north-central Kansas also saw hail and heavy rains from the storms. An area between Webster Lake and Stockton in Rooks County had hail up to the size of baseballs. The hail damaged windows and siding of homes along the storms path. In addition to the tornadoes, hail and wind, thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain across the Solomon River valleys. This resulted in some flooding of rural roads and area creeks and rivers.

36.7

1992-06-15

2

39°23'N / 98°14'W

2.00 Miles

50 Yards

0

0

250K

0

Mitchell

37.4

1992-06-15

3

39°25'N / 98°12'W

2.00 Miles

100 Yards

0

0

250K

0

Mitchell

37.6

1992-06-15

4

39°25'N / 98°13'W

39°26'N / 98°10'W

3.00 Miles

100 Yards

0

0

250K

0

Mitchell

37.9

1992-06-15

2

39°24'N / 98°12'W

2.00 Miles

73 Yards

0

0

0K

0

Mitchell

38.4

1992-06-15

2

39°47'N / 98°10'W

1.50 Miles

73 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Jewell

41.1

1956-10-29

3

39°00'N / 98°29'W

39°13'N / 98°25'W

15.20 Miles

200 Yards

0

2

250K

0

Lincoln

42.6

1978-04-07

2

40°05'N / 98°20'W

0.20 Mile

10 Yards

0

0

0K

0

Webster

42.9

1968-05-13

2

39°30'N / 98°06'W

39°32'N / 98°01'W

4.70 Miles

20 Yards

0

0

3K

0

Mitchell

44.3

1976-04-14

2

39°46'N / 98°13'W

39°53'N / 97°55'W

17.70 Miles

330 Yards

0

0

250K

0

Jewell

44.3

1955-06-04

4

39°31'N / 98°32'W

40°00'N / 97°33'W

61.90 Miles

500 Yards

0

0

250K

0

Osborne

44.9

2008-04-24

2

39°31'N / 98°07'W

39°33'N / 97°55'W

11.00 Miles

1050 Yards

0

0

750K

500K

Mitchell

Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado sat down north of Beloit near highway 14 and traveled eastward. Several homes, farmsteads, outbuildings and trees were damaged along the tornadoes path. For the first 4 miles of the damage path, the tornado was rated at EF2 with EF0 damage seen through the rest of the county. The tornado exited Mitchell County northeast of Scottsville and entered Cloud County. EPISODE NARRATIVE: Severe thunderstorms developed during the evening hours across north-central Kansas and produced large hail, strong winds and heavy rains. Hail up to the size of softballs was reported west of Stockton where windows were broken, roofs and siding damaged and crops pummeled. A couple of brief tornados were reported to have touched down in Rooks County. One was south of Stockton and the other was near Woodston. No damage occurred with these. There were other reports of hail, mainly up to the size of golf balls, and wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph reported across the area. A tornado touched down north of Beloit in Mitchell County and traveled east. Several houses, outbuildings, grain bins, trees and power poles were damaged along the it???s path. This tornado crossed into Cloud County.

45.3

1952-08-07

3

39°00'N / 98°31'W

39°03'N / 98°27'W

4.70 Miles

33 Yards

0

0

0K

0

Russell

45.5

1951-07-07

2

39°15'N / 99°34'W

0

0

3K

0

Rooks

45.6

1990-03-13

4

40°03'N / 98°32'W

40°18'N / 98°16'W

20.00 Miles

440 Yards

0

0

25.0M

0

Webster

46.9

1967-06-09

2

39°24'N / 98°06'W

39°27'N / 97°55'W

10.20 Miles

1320 Yards

0

5

2.5M

0

Mitchell

47.3

1985-05-10

4

40°11'N / 98°43'W

40°21'N / 98°27'W

17.00 Miles

200 Yards

0

0

2.5M

0

Webster

48.9

1964-08-31

2

38°55'N / 99°01'W

0

0

0K

0

Russell

49.3

1954-10-11

3

38°56'N / 99°13'W

38°56'N / 99°03'W

8.60 Miles

33 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Ellis

49.4

1974-05-10

2

40°02'N / 98°06'W

1.00 Mile

233 Yards

0

0

2.5M

0

Nuckolls

49.5

1961-08-12

2

39°28'N / 99°49'W

39°12'N / 99°36'W

21.60 Miles

300 Yards

0

0

3K

0

Graham

49.6

1965-05-25

2

40°02'N / 98°42'W

40°33'N / 98°23'W

39.30 Miles

33 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Webster

49.8

1991-04-11

2

40°10'N / 98°20'W

40°13'N / 98°15'W

5.00 Miles

73 Yards

0

0

250K

0

Webster

* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.